SMS

SMS notifications are available since Traccar version 3.11. You need an SMPP service to enable SMS notifications in Traccar.

Some additional information about using SMS as notification can be found in Notificators documentation.

You need access to an SMPP server. Most of the major mobile service providers have SMPP servers. Alternatively you can install own proprietary or open source sever to send SMS via modem or mobile phone.

There are quite a few configuration paremeters required for SMS notifications. All possible parameters are listed in the configuration file documentation (see sms.smpp.* parameters).

Tips:

User must have correctly configured Phone field according to SMPP server number plan (destination address TON and NPI).

The sms.smpp.notificationsCharset should fit sms.smpp.notificationsDataCoding. Those parameters should be provided by SMPP service vendor.

Some providers will not deliver SMS with empty sourceAddress without any error.

Push notifications

Push notifications are available since Traccar version 4.1. Notifications are sent through Firebase platform. To receive notifications you need to have recent version of Traccar Manager app installed.

To send notifications from server, a Firebase server key is required. It has to be the key linked to the same Firebase project that mobile apps a built against. Note that it means that if you want to enable it on your own server, most likely you need to build your own versions of the mobile apps, with corresponding Firebase keys. We are working on a way to enable push notifications to official Traccar mobile apps without a server key, but it's not available at the moment.